Second-year Student Elected FASS Club President Foo Jia Xin, a second-year sociology undergraduate, has been elected President of the 34th National University of Singapore Students’ Arts and Social Sciences Club Management Committee after a unanimous vote by committee members at the elections held on Aug. 31.
“Excuse Me, How Do I Get to LT 10?” Newly-matriculated students often face the common problem of losing their way around campus in their first few weeks of school. To address this problem, a group of students from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences came together to set up a directions booth for new students.
NUSSO Scores Hat Trick with Third “Group of the Year” Win The
NUS Symphony Orchestra, known to students as
NUSSO, was awarded the “Group of the Year” award for the third time at the
fifth Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards held on Oct. 30 at the University Cultural
Centre Theatre.
Engineering Leave FASS Feeling Green The stage was set and the battle lines drawn as the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering met for the Inter-Faculty Games floorball women’s final at the NUS Multi-Purpose Sports Hall. When the final whistle was blown, it was Engineering who triumphed 3-1 to finish the season as champions.
S R Nathan Celebrates NUS Hostel’s First Anniversary with Students Former president S R Nathan dined for the first time at the College of Alice and Peter Tan on Aug. 28 to commemorate the residential college’s one-year anniversary.
IFG Shirt Day Struggles to Attract Supporters The grounds of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences were supposed to be awash in a sea of green shirts on Aug. 27. However, only drops of green could be seen among the crowds of students passing through the faculty that day.
Balakrishnan Optimistic About Singapore’s Environmental Future Amidst major environmental challenges Singaporeans face, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan remains optimistic about the future.
Free Halloween Treats for All in NUS Halloween came early this year for NUS students as ghouls and vampires roamed the campus on Oct. 24. Instead of going around scaring people, however, these ghostly characters dished out free candy to students all around school.
Non-academic Attributes Required to Thrive in Today’s World The Singapore education system needs more focus on skills outside the academic arena, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said during the Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum at the National University of Singapore.
Students Look Abroad for More Opportunities Students attending International Exchange Day said expanding one’s worldview was their central reason for choosing to go on student exchange programmes.
NUS Successful, But Can Improve in Student Development The National University of Singapore is doing well but needs
to intensify its efforts to become a leading global university, said NUS president Professor
Tan Chorh Chuan during the state of
the university address.
Prime Minister Lee Officially Opens University Town Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong officially launched University Town at the National University of Singapore on Oct.17. More than 1,000 students, faculty members and staff attended the evening occasion which featured cultural dance performances and a brief firework display.